> Sure, you might like one manager over another, but they will probably be gone in a year anyway. In my two and a half year career at three companies, I have wo

> Sure, you might like one manager over another, but they will probably be gone in a year anyway. In my two and a half year career at three companies, I have worked for 6 people. It's strange, the most common - and best in my opinion - advice we give to junior professional searching for their first job is "Don't pick the job/company/role, pick the manager" as the manger is the main defining factor on how good/bad your experience will be. Once you have more experience (usually 2-3 years), you usually start feeling more comfortable picking a role and prioritizing benefits/company values and all that stuff. Of course, knowing if the manager is going to be stable at his job is part of the process of picking the "right" manager. If the guy is brand new at this job or if he has done 5 companies in 5 years, it's a red flag. Two and half year career at 3 companies working under 6 people sounds really weird. My personal internal clock is that a new employee (junior or senior) reaches his full potential after roughly 6 month of stable environment.